Scope and Content Note

This is a full-length version of the film Fidel: The Untold Story. The complete documentary is contained on 6 positive film reels, 6 film negative reels, and 6 sound track reels.

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A film of the event honoring Estela Bravo, focusing on the release of Anecdotes about Fidel at the Paley Center for Media. Bravo speaks with Pat Mitchell about her life and career, and responds to questions from the audience. Clips are shown from  Anecdotes about Fidel; There are also clips from other films that have dealt with Cuban-American relations, such as  Miami-Havana,  The Cuban Excludables, and  Operation Peter Pan: Flying Back to Cuba.

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Content of this DVD is born-digital. Advanced notice is required to access these materials.

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This video features an interview with baseball player Hank Aaron. At the beginning, Aaron briefly introduces himself and discusses his baseball career. The bulk of the interview focuses on Aaron's impression of Cuba and Fidel Castro. Aaron describes traveling to Cuba to film a documentary about Cuban baseball players, and describes the quality of education and baseball training he observed while in Cuba. He also discusses meeting Fidel Castro, and speaks specifically about Castro's athletic ability. Aaron also talks briefly about the poor diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States, and argues that lack of trade and freedom of movement between the countries has contributed to the suffering of Cuban people and their family members in the United States.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:01.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 4 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:29:22; Part 2 - 00:08:00; Part 3 - 00:00:09; Part 4 - 00:01:25.

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In this interview Philip Agee begins by talking about his work for the CIA and the fallout after the publication of his book Inside the Company. He discusses his opinions about Fidel Castro and interest in Cuban life and culture. For the bulk of the interview he talks about United States policy toward Cuba and CIA efforts to overthrow Fidel Castro. He also touches on controversy surrounding the Kennedy assassination and discusses Americans' views about the Cuban revolution.

Biographical / Historical

Ricardo Alarcón is a Cuban politician who served as Cuba's representative to the United Nations and President of Cuba's National Assembly.

Scope and Contents

This video features a portion of an interview with Ricardo Alarcón. The recording does not start at the beginning and appears to only contain a portion of a larger interview. In this portion, Alarcón addresses Estela Bravo's questions about criticism of Cuba's lack of free press by comparing Cuba's press with privately owned newspapers in the United States. He criticizes the United States electoral system, which he contrasts with Cuban local elections. In the second half of the interview he talks about Cuba's role in Latin America, discussing both support for the Cuban government and opposition from what he describes as counter-revolutionary movements. He also talks about the significance of Fidel Castro's beard and his predictions for Cuba's future after Castro's presidency.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:51.

Scope and Contents

This video features segments of two separate interviews. The first interview features Cuban politician Ricardo Alarcón. In this brief segment, Alarcón discusses Fidel Castro's personal appearance as a symbol of the revolution, the numerous assassination attempts made against Castro over the years, and the reasons many powerful people have expressed interest in meeting him. At minute 12:42 the footage changes to an interview with Castro's translator Juanita Vera García. García discusses how she became Castro's translator, and talks about what it is like to travel with Castro and act as interpreter for some of his long public speeches.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:09.

Biographical Note

Juan Almeida Bosque (1927-2009) was an important figure in the Cuban Revolution and later a Cuban official. He was the only Afro-Cuban to participate in the attack on the Moncada Barracks in 1953, and was also among the revolutionaries who participated in the 1956 Granma Yacht landing. He was later appointed the commander of the Third Front. During the US-sponsored Bay of Pigs operation in April 1961, Almeida commanded the Cuban military's Central Army. Later a prominent figure in the Communist Party of Cuba, Almeida was, at the time of his death, Vice-President of the Cuban Council of State and its third ranking member.

Scope and Content Note

This interview is in Spanish. Juan Almeida, who met Fidel Castro in 1952, shares personal stories about his relationship with Castro and talks about his earliest memories of the political situation in Cuba leading up to the revolution.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:53.

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In this part of the interview, Almeida discusses the Cuban revolution, including his memories of the Moncada attack and the Granma landing.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:11:45.

Scope and Content Note

In this portion of the interview Juan Almeida shares stories about Fidel's relationships with such figures as Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos. He also provides other anecdotes and concludes with a discussion about his personal relationship with Fidel Castro.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:33:22.

Scope and Content Note

In this portion Juan Almeida talks about Fidel Castro as a symbol of the revolution, briefly discussing the significance of Castro's beard. He also talks about Castro's views of justice, his support of Angolan independence, and the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa. He later discusses his feelings surrounding Castro's failing health.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:04:56.

Historical/Biographical Note

Born Alicia Ernestina de la Caridad Martinez Hoya, Alicia Alonso (1921 - ) is a Cuban prima ballerina and choreographer. She and her husband lived in New York City for a time where she trained at the School of American Ballet. In 1959 they returned to Cuba. Fidel Castro invited her to head a new dance school (Ballet Nacional de Cuba).

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:36.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:24:30.

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Francisco Gonzales Aruca (1941-2013) was a Cuban-American economist. He was a student at a Jesuit school in Havana at the time of the Cuban Revolution. He joined the counterrevolution and was arrested in 1961 by the Castro government. His political ideology later shifted in favor of the Cuban government, and he started the company Marazul Charters in New York with a goal of uniting fractured Cuban families.

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In this interview Francisco Aruca discusses people's polarized views of Fidel Castro. He discusses his own feelings about Castro, and spends some time talking about Castro's curiosity for politics. In the interview Estela Bravo asks Aruca about the slogan "No Castro, No Problem." Aruca talks about what he believes are problems with the sentiments behind the slogan, and suggests that in the present political climate, Cuba would be destabilized without Castro.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:46.

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Estela Bravo interviews Miguel Barnet, Cuban writer, novelist, and ethnographer. The interview is mostly in Spanish, but Estela Bravo speaks English at times.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:14:23.

Scope and Contents

This video contains portions of an interview with singer Harry Belafonte and his wife Julie Robinson. The interview begins with an anecdote about Belafonte bringing Fidel Castro a gift of cheese, and the caution with which Castro's body guards viewed the gift in light of the numerous assassination attempts that have been made against Castro. The bulk of the interview focuses on Belafonte's travels to Cuba with his family. He discusses his musical performances, and his children's enjoyment of Cuban culture. Robinson discusses bringing her parents to Cuba, and their request to be buried there after they died.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:17:41.

Historical/Biographical Note

Anthony Neil Wedgwood "Tony" Benn (1925 – 2014) was a British socialist and member of the Labour Party who served in House of Commons in the 1960s and 1970s. A leading member of Britain's anti-war movement, Benn opposed the isolation of Cuba and was an admirer of Fidel Castro.

Scope and Content Note

In the beginning of the interview Estela Bravo talks with Tony Benn about the initial reception of the documentary Fidel: The Untold Story, and the negative reaction Cubans in Miami had to the film. The official interview begins around minute 4:45. Benn begins by talking about his interest in watching the Cuban Revolution, and the impact it has had around the world in the years following. Much of the interview focuses on Benn's views about Fidel Castro and his leadership in Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:59.

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Carlos Alberto Libanio Christo, O.P. (1944), better known as Frei Betto, is a Brazilian writer, political activist, liberation theologist, and Dominican Friar. He has been involved in various international efforts to support an understanding between Marxism and Christianity. During a visit to Havana in the 1980s, he met with Fidel Castro many times and, later wrote Fidel and Religion.

Scope and Content Note

Primarily an interview with Carlos Alberto Libanio Christo (Frei Betto). The final few minutes are a portion of Estela Bravo's interview with Philip Agee.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:04.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:25:24.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:16.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:00.

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This video features a portion of an interview with Peter Bourne. Bourne begins with a lengthy discussion about the custody struggle over Elián González and the United States decision to return him to Cuba. He talks about the ways in which the struggle shifted Americans' perceptions of both Cuba and the exile community in Miami. The conversation then shifts to a general discussion about the way American opinions about Cuba are shaped by the press, which Bourne contrasts with that of other Latin American countries. The second part of the interview focuses on human rights in Cuba, healthcare, and education. He also briefly discusses why some Cubans have left the country, the Cuban economy, and the waning support Cuba received from the Soviet Union beginning in the 1980s.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:33.

Scope and Contents

This interview with Peter Bourne begins with a discussion about Cuba's interest in supporting African independence movements and perceptions of Fidel Castro in the third world. Bourne describes Castro as an elder statesman among nationalist leaders in developing nations, and discusses his image as a role model for other young leaders. He then turns to a discussion about Castro's meeting with Pope John Paul II, describing the dynamic between the two men and the motivations behind the meeting. Bourne speaks about Castro's leadership in Cuba addressing concerns about human rights, and Castro's role as a leader in the post-colonial era. He ends with a brief discussion about the history of American influence in Cuba and his expectations for Cuba's fate after the United States lifts the trade embargo and after Castro leaves office.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:40.

Biographical note

Peter Bourne is an English physician who has worked with the Cuban government as chair of the Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC).

Scope and Contents

In this interview segment Peter Bourne discusses Fidel Castro's role in the Caribbean and his image as a leader. He begins by discussing Castro's relationship with revolutionary leaders like Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua and Maurice Bishop in Grenada, and explains that Castro was reluctant to support revolutionary movements in Latin America and the Caribbean after the Nicaraguan revolution. Bourne also discusses Castro's physical image, and speaks briefly about his decision to stop smoking cigars and wearing military fatigues. In the second half of the interview Bourne discusses Cuban elections, and the medical training Cuba provides to students in Latin America.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:29.

Scope and Contents

In this portion of an interview with Peter Bourne, Bourne discusses the life of Fidel Castro and his experience as Castro's biographer. Bourne begins by talking about Castro's childhood and relationship with his parents. He also discusses Castro's experience at the University of Havana, and describes corruption at Cuban universities during that era. He discusses the ways in which Castro's upbringing influenced his political ideology, specifically citing his mother's Christianity. Later in the interview Bourne describes the influential women in Castro's life including Mirta Díaz-Balart, to whom he was married for 2 years, and his long-time partner Celia Sanchez. Bourne also talks at length about Castro's character and the impression he makes on the people who meet him. This interview was recorded in London and was not conducted by Estela Bravo, but rather an unidentified man who speaks off camera.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:54.

Scope and Content Note

The bulk of this video features an interview with Peter Bourne. Bourne begins by speaking about the aftermath of the Cuban revolution specifically addressing the refugees and the trials of individuals connected to the Batista government. He also discusses Cuba's support of revolutions in Latin America, Castro's relationship with Maurice Bishop, the custody battle over Elián González, Cuban healthcare, Castro's views on globalization, and restrictions on freedom of speech. At minute 25:00 the video changes to footage of an auction featuring cigar boxes signed by Castro and dated March 3, 2000. At minute 27:35 footage changes to an event calling for the return of Elián González. The event features González's father Juan González Quintana, his grandmothers, and groups of school children performing Cuban songs and dances.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:35:54.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:17:56.

Historical/Biographical Note

Angela Maria Castro (1923-2012) was the eldest sister of Cuban revolutionary leaders Fidel and Raul Castro.

Scope and Contents

This video features an informal discussion and brief interview with Angela Castro and one of her daughters. The beginning of the video features footage of Castro looking through family photographs and identifying individuals featured in the photos. The second half features an interview with Angela Castro's daughter. She discusses the revolutionary period and its impact on Castro's family, discussing her family's concern for Fidel and Raúl, specifically citing their imprisonment following the attack on the Moncada barracks and their exile in Mexico. She also discusses the isolation her family felt during the revolution and her memories of living with her grandparents in Birán during that time.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:24.

Historical/Biographical Note

Tania Frago Castro is the daughter of Angela Castro and a biotechnology specialist and an official in the Cuban Ministry of Health.

Scope and Content Note

Ed Sullivan traveled to Cuba to interview Fidel Castro immediately after his victory in the revolution. Sullivan compares Castro to George Washington and calls him a "gallant young leader."

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Umatic. Duration: 00:11:49.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:27:24.

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Angela Davis talks about her experiences in Cuba and her feelings about Fidel Castro. She discusses Cuban Americans and her opposition to the US embargo.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:21.

Scope and Contents

This interview features French actor Gerard Depardieu. Depardieu discusses his impression of Fidel Castro as a leader, and talks about meeting him on three different occasions. He notes that he felt a close connection to Castro, and says that he saw a kinship between himself as an artist and Castro as a political revolutionary. Depardieu ends the interview by wishing Castro a happy 70th birthday, and speculates about what the future will be like for Castro and Cuba.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:20:01.

Historical/Biographical Note

Vilma Lucila Espin Guillois (1930-2007) was a Cuban revolutionary, feminist, and chemical engineer. She married Raul Castro in 1959, and later became President of the Federation of Cuban Women and a member of the Council of State of the Central Committee of the Cuban Communist Party. She was the most politically powerful woman in Cuba and for many years considered the country's unofficial first lady.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:10.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 2 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:25:24; Part 2 - 00:03:26.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 2 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:22:06; Part 2 - 00:08:55.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:15.

Scope and Contents

This video features footage of still images of Fidel Castro and Alfredo "Chino" Esquivel. The images feature contemporary photographs of the two men shaking hands and greeting each other, and older photos of Castro and Esquivel as young men with their classmates from the University of Havana. This video does not contain any audio.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:20:36.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:23:51.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:13.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:19:28.

Historical/Biographical Note

Tomas Garcia Fuste is an anti-Castro radio and television talk show host. He was part of the first wave of voluntary exiles from Cuba after the revolution, arriving in Miami in 1960.

Scope and Content Note

The initial six minutes consists of background footage of the WQBA-La Cubanisima radio building, where the interview was conducted.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:12.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:44.

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Juanita Vera Garcia describes her experiences working as a translator for Fidel Castro. She talks about her translation work, Castro's work habits, his long public speeches, his personality and its effect on the people around him, and the people she has met while working as Castro's interpreter.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:28.

Historical/Biographical Note

Juan Miguel González Quintana is the father of Elián González.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:35.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:12:42.

Biographical Note

Manuel González Corrales (1916-2014) was a friend of Fidel Castro at the University of Havana.

Scope and Contents

This video begins with a brief discussion with one of Fidel Castro's university classmates about a 1980 reunion between Castro and his friends from the University of Havana. The brief footage focuses on a photograph from the event. At minute 3:35 the video changes to an interview with Manuel González Corrales. He discusses his memories of Fidel Castro at the University of Havana and their shared involvement in student activism. He describes the political environment within the university as a microcosm and training ground for the revolutionary movements that developed in Cuba, and later discusses the assassination of Student Federation leader Manolo Castro.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:24.

Historical/Biographical Note

Alfredo Guevara Valdes (1925-2013) was a lifelong friend of Fidel Castro. They were students at the University of Havana, where Guevara was a member of the Communist Youth organization. After the Cuban revolution, Guevara became vice minister of Culture and established the Cuban Institute for Arts and Cinematography (I.C.A.I.C.), which sponsored Cuba's state-funded cinema. After leaving the ICAIC 1982, he spent nine years as Cuban ambassador to the United Nations educational, scientific and cultural organization (UNESCO).

Historical/Biographical Note

Aleida Guevara March (1960- ) is the eldest daughter of four children born to Ernesto "Che" Guevara and his second wife, Aleida March. A medical doctor, Guevara is based at the William Soler Children's Hospital in Havana and has also worked as a physician in Angola, Ecuador, and Nicaragua.

Scope and Contents

In this interview Aleida Guevara begins with a discussion about her earliest memories of Fidel Castro. She then discusses Castro asking her to write a prolog for a book about her father, Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and his role supporting the unsuccessful revolution in Congo. She describes her enjoyment writing the prolog because it allowed her to revisit positive memories of her father. She also describes Castro's relationship with Guevara, and how Castro convinced him to return to Cuba briefly before he left to support guerilla forces in Bolivia. In the last half of the interview, she reads from the letter Castro wrote to her father convincing him to return to Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:23:28.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:24:23.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:01.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:26:55.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 2 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:16:31; Part 2 - 00:12:54.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 4 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:15:11; Part 2 - 00:01:50; Part 3 - 00:00:43; Part 4 - 00:11:41.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:26.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 4 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:05:26; Part 2 - 00:02:35; Part 3 - 00:01:20, Part 4 - 00:01:20.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:52.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:43.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 3 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:08:50; Part 2 - 00:18:34; Part 3 - 00:03:45.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 3 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:22:23; Part 2 - 00:01:32; Part 3 - 00:04:09.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:06:09.

Biographical note

Eusebio Leal was the historian for the city of Havana.

Scope and Contents

This tape includes a partial interview with Cuban historian Eusebio Leal, and begins part way through the interview. Leal discusses the relationship between Fidel Castro and his brother Raúl, which he describes as one of extreme confidence and closeness. Leal also describes the relationship between Castro and other prominent individuals in Cuba including Che Guevara, Celia Sanchez, Carlos Rafael Rodríguez, Conchita Fernandez, and Baudillo Castellano. Finally, he discusses Castro as a polarizing figure and talks about the opposition of many Cubans to his leadership. The last two minutes of the video feature background footage of Leal walking through a courtyard.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:13:22.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:27:02.

Biographical Note

Max Lesnik was a Cuban revolutionary who attended the University of Havana with Fidel Castro.

Scope and Contents

This video features an interview with Max Lesnik. Lesnik begins by discussing student activism at the University of Havana and clashes with Fulgencio Batista's government. He later discusses Fidel Castro's relationship with his first wife Mirta Díaz-Balart. He later describes Fidel's interest weapons and military action, and describes how the beginnings of Castro's coalition grew out of a militant faction he developed within the Partido Ortodoxo (Orthodox Party). Lesnik details Castro's personality as a young man and suggests that peers viewed him as audacious and likely to achieve prominence. He later addresses a question about racism and notes that as a Jewish man he did face some racism in Cuba, but argues that the generation that he and Castro were a part of held much less prejudice.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:23.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:26:33.

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This video features a segment of an interview with Father Armando Llorente. In the interview Llorente introduces himself, and begins by discussing how he and several other Jesuit priests traveled from Spain to Cuba in 1942 to teach in Cuban schools. He explains that he was placed in el Colegio de Belen, where he met Fidel Castro who was a student at the school. He discusses what Castro was like as a student and an athlete, and describes him as particularly diligent. He shares a long anecdote about Castro's interest in basketball, and also talks about Castro's interest in other sports including soccer, baseball, and track.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:15:39.

Biographical note

Lee Lockwood is an American Journalist who documented Fidel Castro and Cuba in the decade following the Cuban revolution in his 1967 book "Castro's Cuba, Cuba's Fidel."

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:42.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:01.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:12:23.

Scope and Content Note

The footage begins with a 14-minute interview with Wayne Smith followed by almost four minutes of still photos, first of Fidel Castro and Smith, then followed by what appear to be photos in George McGovern's office, including photos of McGovern with Bill Clinton and with Castro. At around 18 minutes, the interview with McGovern begins.

George McGovern speaks in the interview about his first speech in the Senate (1963) on the subject of US-Cuba relations and his continued support for normalization. He talks about his initial meeting with Fidel in 1975, which lasted fourteen hours over the course two days. He later discusses the powerful influence the Miami Cuban community holds in respect to American foreign policy toward Cuba.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:25.

Scope and Contents

This video features a brief interview with Guatemalan human rights activist Rigoberta Menchu. Menchu discusses the way people in the third world and Latin America view Fidel Castro, and explains that many see him as a symbol of resistance against imperialism. She discusses the cold or distant reception Castro has received from politicians in the United States over the years. She explains that although political and business leaders largely oppose his presidency, opinions about Castro, even in the United States, are very diverse.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:07:05.

Biographical note

Gianni Mina is an Italian journalist, writer and tv host who interviewed Fidel Castro in 1987. Excerpts of his interview with Castro were published in his book Human Rights in Cuba.

Scope and Contents

This video contains an interview with Italian journalist Gianni Mina. Mina begins by discussing his background and personal history. He describes his early interest in sports journalism, and later becoming interested in politics after meeting exiled Brazilian youth living in Italy. He describes traveling to Brazil with friends and meeting Latin American intellectuals including Gabriel García Márquez. He later discusses an attempt to interview Fidel Castro at a boxing match in Monaco. He describes interviewing Castro 13 years after his initial attempt, and credits Márquez with facilitating the interview. He describes his interview with Castro in which they discussed Cuban human rights, scientific research, and the death of Che Guevara. The video contains frequent background noise, which makes some of the interview difficult to hear in places.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:20:49.

Scope and Contents

This final interview with Gianni Mina begins with a discussion about the meeting between Pope John Paul II and Fidel Castro. Mina explains the motivations of each for convening the meeting and the message it sent to Catholics in Latin America and world leaders. Mina also discusses his perceptions of Fidel Castro's personality and his public persona. Finally, he talks about Castro's friendship with novelist Gabriel García Márquez.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:26:36.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:23:28.

Historical/Biographical Note

Magda Montiel Davis (1953- ) is a Cuban American immigration lawyer who has pushed to improve relations between the United States and Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:18.

Biographical note

Cosme Ordóñez (1927 - ) is a Cuban medical doctor and professor of Epidemiology at Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de la Habana (University of Medical Sciences of Havana). He was a childhood friend of Fidel Castro who he met as a school boy at the Colegio de Belén.

Scope and Contents

This interview with Cosme Ordóñez begins with a discussion about Fidel Castro and his relationship with his brother Raúl. Ordóñez describes his admiration for Raúl. He also talks about the ways in which Raúl and Fidel Castro complimented each other, contending that Raúl had a skill for organization and Fidel a skill for strategy. He also briefly discusses Celia Sanchez and her support of public health. He discusses his perceptions of Fidel Castro as a man, and describes his relationship with Castro at el Colegio de Belén. He discusses his decision to stay in Cuba after the revolution despite the fact that many of his family members fled the country. Video quality is poor in several places.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:09.

Biographical note

Luis Ortega was a Cuban journalist living in Miami.

Scope and Contents

In this video Estela Bravo interviews journalist Luis Ortega about anti-Castro sentiment in Miami and the custody fight over Elián González. Ortega speaks primarily about Cuban exiles in Miami and the strong anti-Castro sentiment that exists in the city. He discusses US policy toward Cuba, criticizing aggressive US foreign policy and the trade embargo. He also discusses criticism of Cuba for political repression and its single party system, and the US government's response to human rights concerns in Cuba compared to other countries. Much of the second half of the interview focuses on the case of Elián González and the Miami Cuban community's attempt to stop his return to Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:48.

Historical/Biographical Note

Robert Alan Pastor (1947-2014) was a member of the National Security Council Staff during the Carter administration. Responsible for US policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean, Pastor participated in the Carter administration's efforts to improve relations with Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 2 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:16:56; Part 2 - 00:01:40.

Scope and Content Note

Sydney Pollack begins by talking about his first visit to Cuba to direct a film about Ernest Hemingway. He discusses meeting with Fidel Castro, and his ongoing feelings about Cuba, where he visits often. Much of the interview focuses on the public perception of Fidel Castro and US relations with Cuba. Pollack also shares several anecdotes about Castro's interactions with Mary Hemingway.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:54.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:01:52.

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Sydney Pollack begins by talking about the many failed attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro. He later describes his efforts to make a film in Cuba, and discusses difficulties imposed by US regulations. He mentions the Helms-Burton Act, and speculates about Bill Clinton's views about Castro. Toward the end, Pollack attempts to provide a succinct description of Castro.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:16:46.

Historical/Biographical Note

Abel Prieto Jimenez (1950 - ) is a Cuban educator, writer and politician. He was Minister of Culture from 1997 until 2012, when he was appointed as an advisor to Raul Castro.

Baudilio Castellanos Garcia ( -2002) was a lawyer and childhood friend of Fidel Castro. Castellanos attended law school with Castro, and later was one of the defense attorneys at the Moncada trial. He directed Cuba's National Institute of Tourism and served as Cuban Ambassador to France.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:01.

Scope and Contents

This video features an interview with sprinter Ana Fidelia Quirot. The interview was conducted at a track and field competition, and Quirot speaks with Estela Bravo before her competition. She discusses the pride she feels in representing Cuba as an athlete, and her admiration for Cuban President Fidel Castro. She discusses her experience meeting Castro on several occasions and explains that her mother gave her the name "Fidelia" because she was a supporter of the revolution. She discusses traveling internationally and American athletes' misconceptions about life in Cuba. Finally, she shares her belief that Cuba will continue as a socialist nation. The end of the video features footage of the crowds at the competition and an awards ceremony where Quirot receives a medal.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:26:33.

Historical/Biographical Note

Victor Rabinowitz (1911-2007) was a prominent American lawyer who was asked by the Cuban government in 1960 to represent Cuba in legal cases in the United States. In 1964, he won the Sabbatino case in the United States Supreme Court, which upheld Cuba's sovereign right to nationalize American companies in Cuba.

Historical/Biographical Note

Charles Bernard "Charlie" Rangel (1930- ) is the US Representative for New York's 13th congressional district. He has supported easing the US embargo on Cuba and has expressed concerns about the activities of certain elements of the Cuban exile community in Miami.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:15:35.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:17:03.

Historical/Biographical Note

Jose Ignacio Rasgo (1925-2013) was a Cuban politician, journalist and exile leader, who in 1959 founded the Christian Democratic Party in Cuba. After the overthrow of Fulgencio Batista, he went into exile in the United States.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:05.

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:20:19.

Scope and Content Note

In this continuation of the Marta Rojas interview, there is a series of stills, many from Castro's youth and some that relate to Moncada.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:18:24.

Historical/Biographical Note

Alex J. Rosenberg is a fine arts appraiser who works to bring Cuban art and culture to the United States.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:19.

Scope and Content Note

Estela Bravo speaks with Arthur Schlesinger about such topics as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the US embargo of Cuba, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the possibility of normalizing relations between Cuba and the United States.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:57.

Scope and Content Note

Schlesinger continues to discuss the US embargo on Cuba. He speaks about an incident involving Mayor Rudy Giuliani during Castro's visit to New York and toward the end discusses Castro's legacy.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:17:10.

Scope and Content Note

Footage begins with Compay Segundo, followed by various other clips including Fidel Castro speaking to a group of young people.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:15.

Historical/Biographical Note

Marvin Shanken was the publisher of Cigar Aficianado

Scope and Contents

This video features an interview with Cigar Aficionado publisher Marvin Shanken. In the interview Shanken describes meeting Fidel Castro and interviewing him for an article in the magazine. He briefly describes the events that led to his meeting with Castro and his importance as a symbol in the cigar industry. He discusses the US embargo on Cuba and its effects on the cigar industry, and expresses his hope that then US president Bill Clinton would lift the embargo. The bulk of the interview focuses on Shanken's impression of Castro as a person and a leader. The end features footage of a humidor Shanken received from Castro as a gift and photographs of Castro published in  Cigar Aficionado.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:27:49.

Scope and Contents

This video contains an interview with Stanley Sheinbaum. Sheinbaum talks about meeting Fidel Castro and his impression of Castro as a political leader, which he contrasts with his experience meeting Syrian leader Bashar al Assad. Filmed sometime between 1995 and 1996, Sheinbaum discusses the passage of the Helm-Burton Act by the US Congress, and speculates about impact of the upcoming 1996 elections on US policy toward Cuba. He addresses the criticism and admiration of Castro, and compares Castro's government with Cuba under the presidency of Fulgencio Batista. He also discusses a potential meeting between Castro and President Bill Clinton, but suggests that such a meeting would be contingent on the political situation in the United States. The end of the interview features still images of Sheinbaum with both Castro and Clinton.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:25:27.

Historical/Biographical Note

Wayne S. Smith (1932- ) is an academic, author and former United States diplomat. Smith served as Chief of the United States Interest Section in Cuba from 1979 to 1982.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:49.

Biographical / Historical

Wayne Smith was a US diplomat to Cuba. He arrived in Cuba in July 1958, during the Cuban revolution and worked in the US embassy in Cuba in 1959 and 1960.

Scope and Contents

This video begins with a 30:00-minute interview with American diplomat Wayne Smith, and concludes with 30:00 minutes of footage of a parade for the Premio Internacional Benito Juárez (Benito Juárez International Prize). The interview with Smith features a discussion about his memories of Cuba prior to the Cuban Revolution, and the changes that followed. He discusses Castro's role as a leader, speaking specifically about the nationalization of US properties in Cuba and failed negotiations between the two countries. He also discusses the controversy over Elián González and criticism of human rights violations in Cuba. At minute 30:35 the video switches to footage of a parade for the Premio Internacional Benito Juárez. The bulk features on-the-street footage of the parade, while the last 5 minutes feature a performance from a children's choir.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:58:43.

Historical/Biographical Note

Dudley Joseph Thompson (1917-2012) was a Jamaican Pan-Africanist lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served in the Jamaican House, the Senate and as a Cabinet Minister under Prime Minister Michael Manley.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:00.

Scope and Content Note

This video contains footage from an interview with Ben Treuhaft, a piano tuner. He talks about his first trip to Cuba as part of Pam Montenegro's Freedom to Travel campaign, meeting Fidel Castro, and his later visits to Cuba. He describes his project sending donated pianos to Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:19.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:27:15.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:16:34.

Scope and Contents

This video features part of an interview with author Alice Walker. Walker discusses her memories of Castro's 1995 speech at Riverside Church in Harlem, and her experience meeting Castro in person. She addresses American media portrayals of Castro as a dictator, which she says contrasts with her perception of him. Walker also discusses Castro's knowledge of agricultural issues, and concludes that his longevity as a leader in Cuba comes from the support he has from many Cuban citizens. The end of the video features still images of Walker with Castro and during her travels in Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:12:14

Historical/Biographical Note

The Rev. Lucius Walker, Jr. (1930-2010), a Baptist minister, founded Pastors for Peace. At the invitation of Fidel Castro in 2000, Rev. Walker formed and headed the committee that allowed US students from underserved communities to study medicine at the Latin American School of Medicine in Havana.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Recording is divided into 3 access DVDs. Duration: Part 1 - 00:04:50; Part 2 - 00:01:27; Part 3 - 00:03:46.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:35.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:17.

Scope and Contents

This video features a press conference with Baptist minister Lucius Walker and other representatives in support of the Caravan for Peace, which sought to deliver aid from the United States to Cuba. Walker and other speakers call for an end to the United States' blockade on Cuba, and express their hope that the caravan will ease the suffering of Cubans negatively impacted by the blockade. The end of this video features footage of protesters in Miami voicing their opposition to the Cuban government and the caravan.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:19:25.

Scope and Contents

This video features footage of Fidel Castro's childhood home in Birán, Cuba.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:09:14.

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Scope and Content Note

This video features clips of Fidel Castro at several public events filmed around the year 2000. The majority of the clips feature rallies and town meetings in Cuba calling for the return of Elian González. Castro does not speak in any of the clips, but can be seen greeting crowds. In one section he speaks to González's father Juan Miguel González Quintana, but cannot be heard due to poor audio quality. Other clips feature Castro touring a Cuban medical school with American reporter Andrea Mitchell, and clips included at the end of the tape feature Castro greeting crowds during his travels to other countries.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:32:12.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:44.

Scope and Contents

This video features the first portion of a speech by Fidel Castro to the South African parliament in Cape Town, South Africa. Castro begins speaking around minute 5:00. He begins by offering his support and hope for the creation of a new South Africa led by Nelson Mandela, and commends Mandela for his commitment to justice following the end of the apartheid system. Castro calls for an end to divisions on the basis of race, and encourages South Africa and its political leaders to seek to address problems in economic inequality. He discusses the history of colonialism, which led to slavery and exploitation across the globe, expresses his hope that the new South African government will serve as an example of how to break free from the legacy of that system. Audio quality of this video is poor in places.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:28:58.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:00.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:22:07.

Scope and Contents

This video largely features Nelson and Winnie Mandela greeting world leaders and delegates at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Durban, South Africa. Mandela can be seen greeting several prominent individuals including Yasser Arafat and Fidel Castro. At minute 18:04 the video features portions of Mandela's speech, which appears to have been recorded from a television screen or projector. The speech is not complete, but in it, Mandela speaks about the need for developed countries to commit to supporting those that are less developed. He specifically calls for the United Nations to support the people in Angola and Sudan.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:26:00.

Scope and Contents

This video features a speech by Fidel Castro at the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Durban, South Africa. Castro begins by thanking the leaders of the South African government, and calls for reforms with the United Nations to provide greater representation of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. He specifically calls for an expansion of the Security Council and an end to permanent membership. He likewise criticizes the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, both of which he argues disproportionately benefit wealthy nations, and the United States in particular. In his speech Castro also criticizes wealthy nations development and sales of weapons, lack of respect for the environment, and displacement of people in the third world.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:42.

Scope and Content Note

At Robben Island Estela Bravo interviews South Africans about Fidel Castro. There are scenes of a speech welcoming Castro followed by him talking with people and answering questions. The tape also contains footage in Soweto of Castro's arrival, and shows him placing a wreath on the monument to the 1976 uprising. The sound cuts in and out in several sections.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:55.

Scope and Content Note

Some of the footage shows Fidel Castro at a reception for a group of doctors, which took place on Castro's birthday. There is black and white historical footage and, at the end, a there is footage of Castro with Hugo Chávez during a trip to Venezuela.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:39:21.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:44.

Scope and Contents

This video features the end of a speech by Fidel Castro in Mandela Park in Kingston, Jamaica. In this portion of the speech Castro discusses the need for Caribbean solidarity as a way to promote education and economic development in the region. He also calls for a greater dedication to the preservation of natural resources, protection of the environment, and support of neighbors after natural disasters such as hurricanes. At the end of the speech Castro is presented with a gift to thank him for visiting the city.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:15:19.

Scope and Contents

This video features footage of crowds in Montego Bay, Jamaica watching a speech by Fidel Castro. The footage focuses predominantly on individuals and their reactions to Castro's speech. Castro speaks in Spanish while his translator speaks in English, but the audio is only present in the background, while the video focuses predominantly on members of the crowd. The video starts and stops several times and as a result does not contain a complete recording of Castro's speech.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:19:59.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:20.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

This tape is potentially damaged or unviewable.

Scope and Content Note

This video contains no audio. It features close-up shots of photographs of New York Representative Charles Rangel with people such as Nelson Mandela, President Bill Clinton, and Pope John Paul II. There are various street and building shots in Harlem in New York City, such as at 125th Street and 7th Avenue, the Hotel Theresa, and the the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:09:53.

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Scope and Contents

This video features the continuation of Fidel Castro's speech at Riverside Church in Harlem. In this portion of the speech Castro discusses the trade embargo and the effect it has had on Cuba's ability to obtain food and medicine. He also criticizes the globalized banking system and the problem of professionals from the third world moving to richer nations. He discusses Cuban solidarity with third world nations in Latin America and Africa, and praises the quality education and medical care in Cuba. This video stops and starts several times and does not contain a complete recording of the speech.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:29:34.

Scope and Contents

This video features a press conference hosted by United States senators and congressional representatives introducing the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act, later called the Helms-Burton Act. Senator Jesse Helms of South Carolina introduces the act and the goals of the legislation. Helms expresses his hope that the bill will lead to an end of Fidel Castro's leadership in Cuba and lead the country on a path away from communism. Co-author of the bill, Representative Dan Burton from Indiana speaks next and outlines the provisions of the bill, which places restrictions on U.S. trading partners who seek to trade with Cuba. Burton stresses the bi-partisan support for the bill and the stated goal of hastening the end of Fidel Castro's control in Cuba. Other speakers include representatives who contributed to the bill Lincoln Díaz-Balart, Bob Menendez, and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:51.

Scope and Content Note

Much of the footage was filmed in Chile and Colombia. It contains an assortment of clips including: Castro meeting Latin American presidents; Gabriel García Márquez and his wife Mercedes; Castro speaking about inequality and justice; footage of Robert McNamara, Castro, and Jorge Risquet joking with each other around 00:27:00; a speech by Castro; and a celebration of Castro's birthday on plane. At 00:38:00 there is footage of a meeting in preparation for Pope's visit to Cuba. In another clip, Castro shows a set of Russian dolls and boxing puppets of himself and Bill Clinton, and around 00:56:00 there is a clip of a visit by Mohammed Ali and the Cuban boxer, Teofilo Stevenson. The sound drops out in intermittently throughout the video.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 01:04:49.

Scope and Content Note

The footage shows Fidel at the Rome Food and Agriculture Organization press conference in 1966; during visit to South Africa; at a reception line in Cuba; and in an interview with Diane Sawyer.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 01:31:33.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:30:33.

Scope and Content Note

This tape contains a variety of black and white ICAIC film clips, which are in Spanish. They show Fidel Castro in many different settings such as state visits (including to Indira Gandhi), speeches, among the Cuban people, playing chess, hugging African leaders, and at a school. Some of the clips are older and some are duplicated on other footage.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:20:36.

Scope and Content Note

This tape contains over an hour of very old clips and footage. The first 8-minute segment is from Edward R. Murrow's Person to Person television show with Fidel Castro and his son Fidelito. The footage that follows includes grainy clips of Havana after Batista fled Cuba and several shots of tourists leaving the country. These clips are mostly black and white and in some places there is no sound. Most are in Spanish, but there is a small amount of narration in English. There are also shots of enthusiastic crowds as Castro and his entourage travel through the countryside and into Havana. Some footage appears to have been shot in Harlem during Fidel's visit to the United Nations.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 01:03:40.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 01:02:21.

Scope and Content Note

This tape features footage of individuals including Pope John Paul II, Gabriel García Márquez, and Che Guevara. It includes clips of Fidel Castro visiting his home in Biran with García Márquez, talking about his youth, and planning the Pope's visit. Scenes also include speeches by Castro, and Cuban television recordings from the revolutionary period before the fall of Fulgencio Batista. Around 00:57:00 there is black and white footage from 1959 featuring post revolution celebrations, motorcades, and footage of Che Guevara. This footage includes speeches by Guevara and scenes of him performing charity work.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 01:32:45.

Scope and Contents

This video features Cuban television footage about the life of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. The first 35 minutes of the tape feature a program titled "Cuando pienso en el Che," in which Fidel Castro shares his memories of Guevara. Castro speaks about Guevara's role during the Cuban Revolution, his work in the Cuban government, and his pursuit of revolutionary movements in Africa and Latin America. Beginning at minute 35:45 the tape changes to footage of Cuban news reports and historical footage from the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 01:02:52.

Scope and Contents

This video features a speech by Fidel Castro at the Parliament of South Africa. The beginning of the video begins with representatives entering the chamber and welcoming Castro. Portions of this speech are duplicated on the video ref150. Duplicated content runs approximately from minute 12:00 to 41:00. After minute 41:00 Castro continues speaking about the potential of African youth and stresses Cuba's history of solidarity with African nations and the third world. He addresses challenges facing Africa like deforestation, desertification, and HIV/AIDS. The end of the video focuses on speculative investment and the United States economy, in which Castro criticizes the US for artificially inflating its currency. Video and audio quality of this recording is very poor.

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Original Format: Umatic. Duration: 01:02:39.

Scope and Contents

This video features footage of Fidel Castro at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem in 1995. The footage largely consists of shots of the crowd chanting " Cuba Sí, Bloqueo No," and some notable individuals can be seen in the crowd including Angela Davis and Ricardo Alarcón. The video contains several segments of speakers welcoming Castro to Harlem, but much of the footage of the speakers is cut short. The end of the recording shows Castro leaving the church and greeting the crowd.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:20:28.

Scope and Content Note

Footage includes scenes of demonstrations outside Jimmy's Cafe and Fidel Castro's motorcade.

Scope and Content Note

This video features clips of demonstrations celebrating Fidel Castro and Cuba, and others featuring anti-Castro rallies. Rallies featured in this footage were filmed in Uruguay, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, and New York City. Many demonstrations coincided with a visit by Castro to these locations, and Castro appears in some of the footage. The bulk of the footage features sweeping views of the crowds, but some segments also contain brief on-the-street interviews with participants.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:21:52.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

This tape was so deteriorated that a digital transfer could not be completed.

Scope and Contents

This video is comprised of three different segments of Cuban State Council footage. The first clip includes on-the-street footage of overcrowded buses in Havana, and people waiting in long bus lines. The clips show footage of people on bicycles, and a few cars driving by on the streets. At minute 6:10 the video switches to footage of Fidel Castro on a visit to Vietnam. This footage does not have any sound, but shows Castro meeting state leaders and shaking hands with groups of people. At minute 7:41 the tape switches to older black and white footage of a hurricane and rescue efforts to help Cuban communities affected by flooding and storm damage.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:11:11.

Scope and Contents

This video contains the same content as ref231. The first half features footage of Elián González and the second half features and interview with Arthur Strimling.

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Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:17:28

Scope and Contents

This video features a speech by Fidel Castro at the 17th Congress of the Workers Central Union of Cuba or Central de Trabajadores de Cuba (CTC). The footage does not contain a complete reporting of the speech, but rather starts and stops several times to focus on the crowd. Large portions of the speech can be heard in which Castro lectures on the virtues of socialism and the power of unity among the working class. He also criticizes the United States focusing on its foreign policy, treatment of the poor, and consumer capitalism.

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Original Format: Betacam. Duration: 00:31:11.